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If you read one book this year read, Jonathan Haidt’s The Righteous Mind. I hope you read more, but if you don’t read this one. Really, it’s that good. This is the third of three posts on this book ( part one and part two), but we have merely touched on the ideas he covers. This week […]

Does it seem to you that in discussions between “science” and “religion” , most often “science” is the one who sets the terms of the discussion? It seems so to me. Not always, but often. We start with science and then see if religion has anything to add. We approach the topic as if science has the more […]

Now why, would I want to bring that up now? Surely, we have had our fill of debate, diatribe, accusation, distortion, and any other word you can think of on the topic of faith and politics. Now, for better or for worse, the economy has shifted our political attention away from religion. Talk about faith and […]

Earlier this week on their web site, Scientific American posted the article, “Evolving Creationism in the Classroom” complete with links to earlier articles and a state by state map of the “creationism controversy”. The article, in my estimation, didn’t have anything new to say other than to note Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s comments concerning creationism and […]

Are you religious or spiritual? It’s a common distinction people make these days. I hope you answered. “both”. We have a habit of viewing the world through an either/or lens. For us/against us, winner/looser, working mom/soccer mom, science/religion, conservative/liberal, blue state/red state. I’m sure you can think of more. In some ways it makes life […]

There is a lot of talk these days about the relationship between science and religion. The Internet is full of websites and blogs devoted to the topic. Walk down the aisles of your favorite bookstore or library and there are all sorts of books on the topic from every imaginable perspective. I have been (and still […]